YES, Georgia, this IS WHO. YOU. ARE.
You’ve decided, as poor losers, in the 2020 elections going to Joseph R. Biden and not Donald J. Trump, that NOW after the elections, insurrection on the Capitol and Inauguration, NOW, you’re going to prohibit, inhibit and exclude Black voters from ease-of-access to ballots in one form or another.
“But, that’s not who we are in Georgia.”
I’m calling bullshit, Georgia. It’s ABSOLUTELY who you are. Otherwise, why is that your go-to-move after an election that went to a Democratic President over the incumbent Republican President? An election in which YOUR Secretary of State said publicly there was NO VOTER FRAUD after 3 separate recounts.
Think about that. Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon, a Black elected state official, was handcuffed and taken into custody while trying to gain access to Republican Governor Brian Kemp's office during the Governor’s signing ceremony. Rep. Cannon wasn’t even allowed to enter the room where that bill was being signed.
Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThlIX1-M5BE
But, Georgia, you’re not alone. Most of the other 50 states are following your lead.
I see in your future, with the passage of these bills, the same fate as the “transgender bathroom ban”, as it became known in primarily southern states. You remember that ban, right, and how it cost those states involved billions of dollars in potential revenue? As a result of that ban, companies were fleeing on droves to get away from that horrendous, despicable behavior from local governments. Some of those same states, along with these new, restrictive voters’ rights laws, are also renewing transgender-restrictions.
In fact, it's not only who Georgia is in 2021, it's who the Republican party is as a group: Exclusive, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, White supremacists... you get the idea. Basically, NOT nice people and ones you really want to avoid.
I hope that companies and corporations make the same withdrawal moves they did in 2017 do the same thing now in 2021. Don’t talk. Don’t bitch and moan. Take action and make laws that are inclusive, NOT exclusive. Basically, think before you speak, because we all know, actions speak louder than words.
THIS is who you are, just like 23 years ago in Laramie, Wyoming, THAT’S who they were after the senseless killing of college student Matthew Shepard at the young age of 21 years old. Maybe you remember him since he was a white boy. A gay white boy.
It has become obvious over the past few years that white people have no shame in regards to their racism and care little about the 4 centuries of racist behaviors and racism against Blacks. They just don’t care. Which, sadly, means they aren’t going to buy into any attempts at repairing that damage.
Bottom line, again, Georgia, YES.
THIS. IS. WHO. YOU. ARE.
